[2][failed verification] Watertown High School has a dual-enrollment program with the neighboring Lake Area Technical Institute campus, allowing students to take college level course during all four years of enrollment.

WHS also allows students to take courses directly through South Dakota State University.

[citation needed] In 2006, WHS became part of the state-sponsored Classroom Connections project, where it was among 20 selected schools in the state to receive funding for laptops for students and tablet computers for teachers.

The WHS oral interpretation program was among the first 100 chartered squads in the National Forensics League.

[5] The Head coach for Arrow Speech and Debate is Scott Walker, who is an alumnus of Watertown High School himself.